1999 MERCURY MYSTIQUE Complaints

THERE IS A LEAK ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THAT CAUSES DRIVER'S SIDE COMPARTMENT AND PASSENGER'S SIDE COMPARTMENT FLOORS TO BE WET. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. AFTER REPAIRS, STEERING, BRAKES, AND TRACTION CONTROL WORK PROPERLY. *AK *ML

WHILE BRAKING THE BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKES TO PULSES AND MAY RESULT IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH CONSUMER HAD THE RIGHT, ANOTHER VEHICLE FAILED TO YEILD WHILE COMING OFF FROM A SIDE ROAD. HAD A STOP SIGN TO STOP, BUT FAILED TO STOP. STRUCK CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. WAS WEARING SEAT BELT, BUT THE SHOULDER HARNESS DIDN'T SECURE DRIVER IN SEAT. HER HEAD STRUCK ON REARVIEW MIRROR. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT BY AN 18-WHEELER TRUCK. THE MOST OBVIOUS PROBLEM IS THAT THE BUMPER IS SO ROUNDED THAT THE TRUCK'S FENDER RODE UP ON THE BUMPER AND DID MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO THE TRUNK/TAIL LIGHT AREA. I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE HAS LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEM OF LARGE ROUNDED (PLASTIC) BUMPERS AND THEIR ABILITY TO ABSORB IMPACT. UNLESS HIT EXACTLY IN THE MIDDLE, THE OTHER BUMPER WILL EITHER RIDE UP OR BELOW THE ROUNDED BUMPER CAUSING MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THIS IS MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN TESTING PREVIOUSLY DONE WITH BUMPERS HITTING A FLAT WALL OR A POST STICKING OUT OF THE GROUND. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TESTING DONE SHOWING THE EFFECTS OF A ROUNDED BUMPER HITTING A ROUNDED BUMPER, JUST SLIGHTLY HIGH OR LOW. I BELIEVE THE RESULTS WOULD BE MUCH MORE EXTENSIVE, EXPENSIVE AND ASTOUNDING. THE DAMAGE INCURRED BY MY VEHICLE SHOWED NO DISTORTION OR COMPRESSION OF THE BUMPER AT ALL, A LOT OF SCRATCHES, BUT THE MOST DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE TRUNK/TAIL LIGHT AREAS. STUDIES NEED TO BE DONE ON THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF LARGE DECORATIVE ROUND BUMPERS.

WHEN USING THE HORN CONSUMER HAS TO USE EXTREME PRESSURE FOR IT TO BLOW. CONSUME SOMETIMES HORN WILL NOT BLOW AT ALL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER TOLD CONSUMER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES ON DRY OR WET PAVEMENT VEHICLE MAKES A GRINDING AND SQUEALING NOISE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AT 700 MILES FOR POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE, DEALER REPLACED BRAKE ROTORS, AT 2000 MILES THE BRAKES ARE STILL NOT STOPING CORRECTLY, AND THEY HAVE NO REMEDY. VEHICLE WOBBLES WHEN BRAKING. *AK

VEHICLE EMITS STRONG ODOR WHEN HEATING/DEFROSTING/COOLING UNIT CAUSING NOSE BLEEDS,BURNING SENSATION IN PERSON EYES, NOSE, THROAT.